An exhibition of the work of two Turkish photographers documents a dark chapter of Bulgaria’s history – the forced assimilation and deportation of its ethnic Turkish minority. The Bulgarian Communist ...

One of the loudest claims the communists used to make was that the unity of proletarian internationalism would render obsolete any national or ethnic prejudice. It was supposed that the brotherhood of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov forced ethnic Turks to adopt Bulgarian namesBorislav Troshev/Anadolu/picture alliance Banya Bashi ...

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's caretaker prime minister said on Friday he was taking steps to prevent any attempts by Turkey to influence an election next week in favour of a political party that ...

An Islamic community leader has described as “outrageous” the daubing of “death to Turks” on a religious affairs office in Bulgaria. On Sunday night, unidentified vandals scrawled the slogan on the ...

KAPITAN ANDREEVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Bulgarian nationalists blocked border checkpoints with Turkey on Friday to stop buses bringing Bulgarian ethnic Turks to vote in Sunday's election amid growing ...

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Turkeys upcoming referendum on expanding the presidents powers has sparked deep rifts among ethnic Turks in neighbouring Bulgaria, who find themselves caught in a tug-of-war between Sofia and Ankara.

Bulgarian nationalists blocked for several hours Friday the three main crossing points with Turkey to prevent coaches bringing in thousands of Turks with Bulgarian passports to vote in Sunday's ...